According to this newspaper story, the Birmingham area Libertarian Party of Alabama is inviting interested persons to consider running for public office as a Libertarian. … Continue reading
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On March 23, the Arizona House Government & Elections Committee passed SB 1460. It allows independent candidates to use electronic signatures. Currently the only petitions that can use electronic signatures are petitions to put a candidate on a primary ballot. … Continue reading
On March 25, the Alaska Senate passed SB 161 unanimously. It eases the definition of a qualified party from a group with registration of 3% of the last vote cast to exactly 5,000 registered members. Now it goes to the … Continue reading
On March 25, a state trial court in Maryland issued an opinion in Szeliga v Lamone, Anne Arundel Circuit Court, C-02-cv-21-1816. This is the case that argues that the U.S. House district boundaries constitute an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The 94-page … Continue reading
On March 25, each house of the Mississippi legislature chose three members for a conference committee for HC 39, the bill to restore the initiative process. The bill has passed in both houses, but the bill was amended in the … Continue reading